British Educator Quotes

Robert Baden-Powell

A. S. Neill

Anna Leonowens

John Senior

"Softly, softly, catchee monkey," is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.

Robert Baden-Powell

Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.

It is commonly agreed also that both "great" and "good" can be judged only from a certain distance. Contemporary works can be appreciated and enjoyed but not very properly judged.

Watch where he comes walking
Out of the Christmas flame,
Dancing, double-talking:
Herod is his name.

Charles Causley

The night of trouble is at times so dark that the interwoven gold with which Providence relieves the woof of calamity remains undiscovered.

A national evil requires a national remedy; let not this any longer be delayed: let your minds expand, free from every narrow principle, and let the public good become the sole object of your united Christian efforts.

Joseph Lancaster